GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 338449
Window not resizable due to song title
Last modified: 2006-04-22 11:00:15 UTC
That bug has been described on https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/37159 "When playing a podcast, the applicationwindow is no longer resizable, for the podcast-title does not get shorted and has to be displayed completly. ... > Thanks for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use? Could you make a screenshot of the issue? ... It's Dapper Drake. Screenshot at http://muehlenschulte.de/home/fileadmin/downloads/Screenshots/Rhythmbox-Podcastbug.png hth, Albrecht" The issue is not specific to podcast, the window is blocked by the title of the song being played
This should be fixed by bug 334453.
Same happens here with the track: "Rock & Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) Part 2 (feat. Lord Finesse, Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington, Rahzel, QBert, Grand t & Grand Wizard Theodore & Jazzy Jay) / Knockers (feat. Tim Meadows)" The (maximised) window expands to accommodate the long track title, I can't drag it because it's maximised, and (when I get it to unmaximise, then drag the window across), the links for artist/album aren't there, just the words "from" and "by". This is on Ubuntu Dapper Beta, Rhythmbox 0.9.3.1.
This is because the artist and album are displayed using GnomeHrefs, which are broken wrt ellipsising. The only solution is to turn then into normal text (which was bug 334453, fixed in 0.9.4) or find a better way to do the links (e.g. SexyUrl from libsexy). The patch from bug 334453 should either apply, or be easily backportable to 0.9.3, if required.